Thistles

by Heidi on August 26th, 2010

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I have often been told by friends who raise sheep that I should get rid of the thistles in our fields. While it is true that thistles get caught up in the fleece and are a real pain to remove, we prefer to try to live alongside nature rather than ‘against’ it.

Thistles are beautiful ….

… and they are an important food source for many creatures …

Whenever I go out to the field the thistles are always full of bees, dragonflies, butterflies and gold finches along with many other beneficial bugs. So we choose to enjoy them and spend a little longer cleaning fleeces.

This post is mostly for my Dad, enjoy the thistles & bugs! But is also part of …

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I completely agree, I think our thistles are just beautiful too. I tried to get some shots of the bees on them last week… but it was so windy and my depth of field was so narrow, I trashed them all. Thank goodness for digital! But YOURS are gorgeous, love the blue sky background in the first one. Great job!